Seat Attachment Parts On Exercise Bikes Replaced by Beacon
CPSC recall 81026. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
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CPSC recall 81026 has the recall date 13 Oct 1981. The notice names the firm Sears. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Fall.
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| Description | Seat Attachment Parts On Exercise Bikes Replaced by Beacon NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 1981 Release # 81-026 Seat Attachment Parts To Be Replaced On 120,000 Exercise Bikes WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 19) -- Beacon Enterprises, Inc., of Yonkers, N.Y., is conducting a program to replace the seat-attachment hardware on more than 120,000 stationary exercise bikes because of reports that some customers failed to follow the assembly instructions properly and were seriously injured when the metal seat post unexpectedly broke through the seat. The manufacturer, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, announced that the voluntary recall involves units of its Scandia model 462 dual-action cycler built between August 1976 and July 1980. The bikes were sold under the Beacon name through catalogs of major merchandisers including Montgomery Ward and Alden's, and at a number of retail stores nationwide, Some units also were sold through catalogs of Sears, Roebuck and Co, under the Sears name as model 2930. Retail prices ranged from about $20 to $30. No… |
| Product | Beacon stationary bicycles |
| Product | Scandia dual-action cycler, Exercise Machines/Equipment |
| Manufacturer | Sears; Beacon Enterprises |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1981: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1981
- 12
- Recalls of 1981 with one of the same hazards
- 17%
- Recalls on the register that name Sears
- 32
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 81026. https://recallregister.com/product/4122-seat-attachment-parts-on-exercise-bikes-replaced-by-beacon/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- 30 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 81026 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 81026 has no incident or injury text.
- How many CPSC recalls name Sears?
- 32 CPSC recalls on this register name Sears. This recall is 1 of them.